The victims have faced excessive physical and psychological violence in Catholic boarding schools. They were abused or harassed. Some were beaten with pieces of wood, or had to eat their own vomit or got hot soup poured over their bodies.

The commission received 3,500 complaints and reports. The amounts go up to 5000 euro per person.

Five thousand Euros, is a paltry sum to pay to victims of abuse, suggesting the Church is unrealistic in paying compensation to those who are damaged for life, this order has immense wealth, if the present Pope is sincere in paying compensation should intervene and pay a reasonable amount of money for the gravity of damage done, if he is restrained by the politics of the Church, should apologise to victims, with regard to payment of so little for so much harm.